Armed Robber Shoots Himself in Testicles as After Shooting Victim and Fleeing Scene

A 40-year-old suspect is being treated for a gun shot wound in a sensitive area after he pulled a gun on another man to rob him. While trying to flee the scene it looks like the suspect was trying to put his gun back in his pants when he accidentally fired a shot.

An apparent robbery attempt between the two men who were neighbors led to the shooting just before 8 p.m. in the parking lot of an apartment building in the 1400 block of Southwest Park Ave, police said.

During the dispute, the 40-year-old man pulled out a gun and shot the other man in the leg, police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said. The wounded 32-year-old man ran over to the Safeway on Southwest 10th Avenue and Columbia Street for help. He was later taken to the hospital with a leg injury.

As the suspect fled the scene, he accidentally shot himself in the groin, police said.

“The suspect’s wound is consistent with somebody putting a gun in his pants,” Simpson said Wednesday night.

So a guy who used a gun illegally to rob someone else didn’t have the foresight to take care of gun safety? Who knew.